Editor's Corner: The Franklin D. Scott Prize

EDITOR'S CORNER
The Franklin D. Scott Prize
Last year, our Society's Publications Committee decided to hold a contest for the best article on a Swedish-American historical topic submitted by a first-time contributor to the Quarterly, and to honor Franklin D. Scott, former president of the Swedish-American (then Swedish Pioneer) Historical Society, former editor of the Quarterly, and longtime member of the Publications Committee, by naming the prize generated by this contest for him. While the number of submitted essays was not notable in terms of quantity, these manuscripts were impressive for the high quality of the various contents; and in addition to the winning article, six other submission will be published in our forthcoming issues. Nor has it been our intention to make this contest a regularly scheduled event, which is not to say, however, that it will not be held once again at some future time.
As Editor of the Quarterly, I am pleased to announce the awarding of the Franklin D. Scott Prize of $100 for Best Article on Swedish-American History to Ann M. Legreid, whose winning essay, '"By the oaks of Mamre': Swedish Lutheran Colonization on the Frontiers of Southwestern Iowa, 1870-1900," appears in this issue, and to extend to Dr. Legreid our warmest congratulations for her well-researched, thoughtful treatment of a topic of central importance for the history of the Swedes in North America.
R. J.

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EDITOR'S CORNER
The Franklin D. Scott Prize
Last year, our Society's Publications Committee decided to hold a contest for the best article on a Swedish-American historical topic submitted by a first-time contributor to the Quarterly, and to honor Franklin D. Scott, former president of the Swedish-American (then Swedish Pioneer) Historical Society, former editor of the Quarterly, and longtime member of the Publications Committee, by naming the prize generated by this contest for him. While the number of submitted essays was not notable in terms of quantity, these manuscripts were impressive for the high quality of the various contents; and in addition to the winning article, six other submission will be published in our forthcoming issues. Nor has it been our intention to make this contest a regularly scheduled event, which is not to say, however, that it will not be held once again at some future time.
As Editor of the Quarterly, I am pleased to announce the awarding of the Franklin D. Scott Prize of $100 for Best Article on Swedish-American History to Ann M. Legreid, whose winning essay, '"By the oaks of Mamre': Swedish Lutheran Colonization on the Frontiers of Southwestern Iowa, 1870-1900," appears in this issue, and to extend to Dr. Legreid our warmest congratulations for her well-researched, thoughtful treatment of a topic of central importance for the history of the Swedes in North America.
R. J.